Date 30-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan foreign minister has said that war in Afghanistan was not in favour of any one as it has a direct bearing on neighboring countries. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Afghan foreign minister Wakeel Ahmad Muttwakkil highlighted different issues includi...

Date 29-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have once again warned peasants against growing poppy in their fields, saying stern action would be initiated against the violators. Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid in a statement issued from Kandahar, powerbase of Taliban, has warned f...

Date 29-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): The Afghan government has welcomed Pakistan statement that it would not allow its soil to be used for attack on Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdulhai Mutmaen said that Pakistan showed the spirit of brotherhood by announcing that it would not allow its so...

Date 28-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban claimed destroying 25 opium producing factories in Helmand province. According to details, these factories were destroyed by Taliban near Pakistan and Iran border at Chatto area in southern Helmand province. Chatto area is famous for opium production...

Date 25-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Acting governor of northern Takhar province, Qari Ahmadullah, has said that Taliban forces after fierce gunbattles with opposition forces have captured several areas in northern Afghanistan near border with Tajikistan. In Kanduz, he said, Taliban forces captured s...

Date 23-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban have rejected the opposition claims that they have seized Tangi Farkhar district in northern Afghanistans Takhar province. A spokesman for Taliban said that they were still in control of the district Tangi Farkhar and the opposition was spreading false ne...

Date 20-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban forces clashed with the opposition soldiers at Tangi Farkhar frontline, 25kms southeast of Taluqan center of Takhar province last night (October 19). The opposition forces launched a huge attack against Taliban forces last night, sparking a fierce gunbatt...

Date 19-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said an opposition gang planning a huge conspiracy against Taliban in Taluqan, center of Takhar province has been busted. 73 suspects including their two commanders were detained by Taliban accusing them of hatching conspiracy and provoking people against...

Date 16-10-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): An explosion in Kandahar police line injured at least four persons last night, sources told AIP on Oct 16, 2000. After the blast, dust and smoke was seen emitting from the police headquarters. Taliban sources said one person was injured in the blast which was...

Date 15-10-2000 PESHAWR (AIP): A powerful explosion last night (October 14-15) near Afghan communication ministry building in Kabul spread a great wave of panic, but caused no casualty, officials told AIP. The blast shattered windowpanes of several nearby buildings, said Allah Dad, deputy commun...